The problem with Edgar Allen Beem’s argument in “The Bible is not the law of the land” is in the second sentence. He “assumes” that opposition to same-sex marriage is biblical in nature and related to homosexuality. It is not. This is a straw man he has constructed in order to knock it down. If […]

Sen. Olympia Snowe did something pretty extraordinary: she voted for a bill on its merits, after careful consideration, because she saw a serious problem that needed to be dealt with. Our senator bucked the urge to leverage political advantage, and voted for the Finance Committee bill on health care reform at great political risk. There’s […]

I think members of the SoPo Dog group are very selfish about Willard Beach. They care only about their own and their dogs’ social lives. They don’t care about all of the people who have been bitten by dogs. They don’t care about the 82-year-old woman who was knocked down by a dog. She hit […]

I would like to ask the Scarborough Town Council to please stop the process of closing the end of the Pine Point Road. I understand the deeds have not been finalized. So many people depend on that road to view the shore. I use it every day and many other seniors do. There must be […]

I will be voting for Jessica Holbrook and Carol Rancourt for Scarborough Town Council and encourage other people to. Jessica Holbrook will be open-minded and respectful of citizens. She will not be easily influenced or controlled by others on the council who are more concerned with power than making good town policy. She has lived […]

Where I grew up in Mid-Coast Maine, cars would sometimes turn off the road, cross our hay field and drop over the hill toward the cove. Other people parked at the old logging road and vanished into the woods. Clam diggers. Worm diggers. Deer hunters. On paper the land belonged to my parents. By tradition […]

Why should young families in South Portland be denied the joy of sharing the ocean and beach with their children and dogs for a few hours a day? Why should seniors and their beloved pets have to lose this wonderful way to be together, strolling the beach and exercising? Why should anyone regardless of age […]

Why all this fuss about dogs on the beach? I’ve been walking my own and occasionally others’ dogs for 20 years on Willard Beach in every season without ever experiencing any problems with other animals, their owners, or the non-dog people on the beach. I have never heard of or read about any health problems […]

Many important issues are facing the city of South Portland in the next few years. Decisions on those issues will require calm, deliberate and compassionate reflection. It is a time when experience in city affairs will be critical. Rosemarie de Angelis has the experience we need on the City Council. A college teacher, a mediator, […]